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Amnesty honours Marilyn Waring - 2013 Human Rights Defender
Monday, 6 May 2013, 4:52 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Marilyn Waring has been announced as the recipient of Amnesty International New Zealand’s 2013 Human Rights Defender Award. More >>
NZ misses the boat on asylum seeker issue
Wednesday, 10 April 2013, 3:10 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Amnesty International is concerned that the real issues in the New Zealand asylum seeker debate are not being addressed. More >>
NZ Mass Arrivals Bill Major Setback For Human Rights
Wednesday, 29 August 2012, 5:08 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Amnesty International: NZ Mass Arrivals Bill Major Setback For Human Rights Amnesty International is appalled with the New Zealand Government’s decision to push forward with a Bill to introduce detention under a mass warrant for asylum seekers, who arrive ... More >>
Syria: New evidence of armed forces’ crimes against humanity
Thursday, 14 June 2012, 1:16 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
The shocking escalation in unlawful killings, torture, arbitrary detention and the wanton destruction of homes in Syria demonstrates the urgent need for decisive international action Amnesty International said in a new report released today. More >>
Amnesty International Honours Unique New Zealander
Sunday, 13 May 2012, 10:25 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Keith Locke was tonight announced as the recipient of Amnesty International Aotearoa’s Human Rights Defender Award. More >>
Secret Policeman’s Ball NZ: The Freedom To Laugh
Friday, 20 April 2012, 11:55 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Cutting edge comedy, laughter and kiwi comedians combine for Amnesty International’s Secret Policeman’s Ball NZ More >>
NZ Human Rights Failure To Provide Independent Investigation
Tuesday, 3 April 2012, 10:15 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Failure To Provide Independent Investigation Leaves New Zealand In The Dark Over Its Human Rights Record More >>
Syria - Russia Must Not Block International Efforts
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 2:01 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Russia must not block international efforts to tackle the ongoing violence and human rights violations in Syria, Amnesty International said today amid negotiations over a resolution on Syria at the UN Security Council. More >>
Asia: Stop Executions And Unfair Trials
Thursday, 8 December 2011, 11:05 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
A hard-line group of Asian countries are defying the global trend against the death penalty and putting to death thousands of people after unfair trials every year, the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) has said in a new report. 14 Asian countries, ... More >>
Indonesia: ‘Slap On The Wrist’ For Police Violence In Papua
Friday, 25 November 2011, 11:43 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
The fact that eight Indonesian police officers involved in a violent crackdown on a peaceful gathering that left three dead have only been given written warnings, is a failure of human rights accountability, Amnesty International has said. The ... More >>
16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 2:52 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Amnesty International Media Release For Immediate Release 22 November 2011 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the Solomon Islands and a human rights defender in Guatemala will be the focus ... More >>
Shell Must Pay US$1 Billion To Start Clean Up of Niger Delta
Friday, 11 November 2011, 12:49 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Amnesty International media release 10 November 2011 Shell must commit to pay an initial US$1 billion to begin the clean-up of pollution caused by oil spills in the Niger Delta, Amnesty International and the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and ... More >>
Help the Pacific rise above the Death Penalty
Monday, 10 October 2011, 11:03 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Today is World Day Against the Death Penalty and Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand is calling on the people of this country to step up and help the Pacific rise against the death penalty. More >>
Afghanistan Ten Years On: Slow Progress and Failed Promises
Friday, 7 October 2011, 12:25 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
07 October 2011 Ten years after a US-led military invasion removed the Taleban from government in Afghanistan, Amnesty International says the Afghan government and its international supporters have failed to keep many of the promises they made to the ... More >>
Fiji Govt Must Repeal Decree and Return Workers' Rights
Friday, 16 September 2011, 4:06 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
16 September 2011 Amnesty International is calling on the government of Fiji to repeal a decree that drastically restricts workers’ rights by virtually outlawing trade union activities. The “Essential National Industries (Employment) Decree” ... More >>
Women's Rights and Advocacy in the Pacific
Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 2:07 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Leading women’s rights experts met today to discuss the endemic issue of sexual and gender-based violence in the Pacific, voicing the pressing need for Pacific leaders to champion women’s rights by taking action. More >>
Stand in solidarity with the women of the Pacific
Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 9:35 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Amnesty International is co-ordinating a series of vigils to greet Pacific Island leaders as they arrive at key Pacific Island Forum events, and also highlight our concerns about the widespread and systematic incidence of Sexual and Gender-Based ... More >>
Pacific leaders: Change the lights on women’s rights
Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 2:48 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
On 6 September 2011, Amnesty International’s Chief Executive, Patrick Holmes, will hold a press conference in Auckland, New Zealand to launch a new report on Sexual and Gender based violence in the Solomon Islands, ‘Where is the Dignity in That?’ ... More >>
Images: Celebs, Politicians at Film for Burmese Comedian
Tuesday, 14 June 2011, 5:04 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Celebrities, politicians, kiwis and former Burmese political prisoners unite for the screening of ‘This Prison Where I Live’ by Academy Award Winning Comedian Rex Bloomstein about the imprisonment of Burmese comedian Zarganar. Over 500 postcards ... More >>
Amnesty report reveals Pacific struggling against oppression
Friday, 13 May 2011, 11:47 am | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
As the world's attention focuses on the human rights revolution sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa, Amnesty International's latest report reveals Pacific people are facing the same struggle against oppression, tyranny and corruption. More >>
